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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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