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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

