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
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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