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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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