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