William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston