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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
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...

