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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
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...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

