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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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