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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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
