William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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