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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

