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...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

