William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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