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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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