William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
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...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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