William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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