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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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