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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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