William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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