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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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