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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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