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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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