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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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