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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

