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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

