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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
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...
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
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

