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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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