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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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