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