William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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