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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

