William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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