William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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