William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

