William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
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