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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

