William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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