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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
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...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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...

