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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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