William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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