William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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
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