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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

