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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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