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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Exploring Ottawa
Donโt you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

