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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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