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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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