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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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