William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown