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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown