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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston