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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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