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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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