Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesotaโs most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Twin Cities Area
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
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...
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...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

