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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

