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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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