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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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