William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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