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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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