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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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