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
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

