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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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