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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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