William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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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