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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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