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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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