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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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...
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