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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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