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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
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