William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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