William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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