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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
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...
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

