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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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