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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

