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
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

