William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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