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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul