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...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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