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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

