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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City