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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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