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
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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