William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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