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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill 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...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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