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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

