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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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