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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
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...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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