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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
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...
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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