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...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
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...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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