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...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

