William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

