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
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

