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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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