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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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