William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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