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...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

