The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Twin Cities Area
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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