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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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