Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
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Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
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The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
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Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
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A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
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Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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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