William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
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
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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