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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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
Old Brewery In Preston