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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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