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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

