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