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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you ๐ The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

