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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
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