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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston