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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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