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
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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