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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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