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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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