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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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