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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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