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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
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