William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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 Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
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