William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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