William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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