William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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