William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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