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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
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
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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