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...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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