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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
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 Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown