William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

