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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown