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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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