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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
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
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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