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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
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...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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