William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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