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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
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