William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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