William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
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