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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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