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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
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 Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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