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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston