William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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