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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
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...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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