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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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