William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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