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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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