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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

