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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In 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