Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesotaโs most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Twin Cities Area
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

