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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

