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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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