William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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