William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
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...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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