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
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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