William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

