William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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