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...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

