William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill 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 Johan Hvoslef?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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