William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
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