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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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 Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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