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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
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