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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...

