William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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