William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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