William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown