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

