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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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