William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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