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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
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...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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