William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor 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