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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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