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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

