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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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