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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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