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...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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