William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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