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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
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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