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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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