William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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