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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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