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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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