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...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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