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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

