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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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