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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
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...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

