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...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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