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
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

