William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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