William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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