William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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