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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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