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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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