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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

