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...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
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