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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston