William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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