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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
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