William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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