William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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