William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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