It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

