William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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