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