William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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