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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

