William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
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...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
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