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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
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