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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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