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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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