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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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