William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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