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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

