Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
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Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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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