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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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