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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

