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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown