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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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