William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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