William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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
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