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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didnโt know where I was. I certainly didnโt...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasnโt set up to show talkies. As the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you ๐ The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

