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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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