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