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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston