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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

