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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
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...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor 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