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...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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