William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
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
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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