William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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