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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

