William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston