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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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