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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown