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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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