William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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