William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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