William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
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...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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