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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

