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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
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...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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