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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

