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 Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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