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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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