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