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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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