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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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