William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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