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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

