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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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