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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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 Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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