William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital 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