William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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