William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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