William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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 The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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