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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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