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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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