William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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