William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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