William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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