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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
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 Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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