William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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