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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
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