William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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