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