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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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