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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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