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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
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
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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