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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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