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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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