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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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