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