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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
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...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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