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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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