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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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