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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
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