William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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