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...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
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...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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