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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
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...
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

