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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
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...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

