William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
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