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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

