William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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