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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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