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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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