Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Twin Cities Area
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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