William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor 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