William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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