William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township 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 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...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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