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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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