William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
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
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
