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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

