William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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