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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

