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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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