William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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