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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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