William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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