William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
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...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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