William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In 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