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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston