William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
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...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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