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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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