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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

