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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
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