William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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