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...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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