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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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