William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist 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...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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