William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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