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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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