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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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