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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

