William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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