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...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

