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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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