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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
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...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

