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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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