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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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