William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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