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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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