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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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