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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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