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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

