William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into 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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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