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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House 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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

