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...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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