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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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