William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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