William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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