William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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