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...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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
