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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

