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
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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