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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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