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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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