William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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