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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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