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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint 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...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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