William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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