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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 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...

