William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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