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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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