William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown