William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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