William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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