William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
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