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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

