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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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