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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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