William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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