William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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