William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
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...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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