William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

