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