William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate 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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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