Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
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Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown