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