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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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