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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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