William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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