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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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