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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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