William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
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...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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