William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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