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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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