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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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