William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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