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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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...
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