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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. Itโs dwarfed by the...
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you ๐ The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

