William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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