William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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