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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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