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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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