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...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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