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...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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