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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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