William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
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
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston