William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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