William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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