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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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