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 Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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