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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

