William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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