William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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