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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
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