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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
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 Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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