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