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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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