William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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