William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston