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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
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