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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown