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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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