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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

