William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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