William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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