William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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