Twin Cities Area

The Jackson Hotel In Anoka

Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...

Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel

It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...

Greater Minnesota

Old Schoolhouse Near Essig

The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...

Rialto Theater In Aitkin

The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...