William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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