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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
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...
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
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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