William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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