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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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