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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
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