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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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