William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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