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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

