William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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