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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

