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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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