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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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