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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown