William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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