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
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
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...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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