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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

