The aerial view shows the three-story hotel with its four-story octagonal tower and many porches, its water tower and wooded grounds, and the railroad tracks behind the hotel.
The Buena Vista Hotel sits on a hill above its dock and boathouse which advertises boats, bait and tackle, in the neighborhood called the Highlands, postmarked 1901.
This postcard shows a view of the Commercial Hotel in St. Peter that was located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Park Row. The image is a reproduction that was made from an earlier photograph.
This photo, with color added, depicts visitors in the doorway of the Glen Morris Inn, viewing Lake Minnetonka and the sailboat at the dock. Message mentions the "artistic places," the warm swimming in the lake, and crackling fires, postmarked 1915.
The Glooskap Inn has a steep roof, appearing to draw to a point at the top of the third story, with a balcony at each window. This card is postmarked Deephaven, 1909.
Real photographic postcard showing the entrance to the Grainwood Hotel and Park in Prior Lake. The image shows the resort during the winter. Seen in the foreground is a wooden bridge with the hotel and other buildings visible in the background. Printed along the bottom edge of the image is "Grainwood Hotel and Park/Prior Lake, Minn." The card is used and is addressed to Miss. Minnie Kintzie of Shakopee. The message reads "Dear Minn, I told the P.M. to put my daily paper + all my paper in your box. I forgot to tell you when I was talking to you. With love from M.C.F."
Outside view of the Graystone Hotel in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). World's Smallest Standard Oil Filling Station is also pictured.
Hillcrest Hotel on Lake Minnetonka, probably a private residence, was three stories tall with a stone foundation, and a screened porch on the first floor. Signatures on the back are dated 1908.
This view from the lake of the Hotel Bartlett shows that it sits on a hill overlooking its dock and tiny boathouse. Boats for rent line the shore, postmarked 1910.