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