Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesotaโs most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Twin Cities Area
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

