William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
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...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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