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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

