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
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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