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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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