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
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
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...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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