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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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