William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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