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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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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