William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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