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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

