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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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