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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

