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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

