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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
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...

