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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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