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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
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
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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