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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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