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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

