William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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