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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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