William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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