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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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