William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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