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...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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