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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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