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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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