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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

