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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

