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...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

