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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

