William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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