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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
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
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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