William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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