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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

