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