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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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