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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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