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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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