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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
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