William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
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...
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
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