William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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