William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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