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