Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Twin Cities Area
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
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...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

