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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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