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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

