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