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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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