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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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