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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

