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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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