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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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