William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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