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
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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