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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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