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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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