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