William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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