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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown