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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston