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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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