William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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