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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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