William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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