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...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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