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...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
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