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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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