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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

