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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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