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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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