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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

