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Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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