William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
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