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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

