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