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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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