William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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