William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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