William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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