William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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