William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
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...
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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