William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Pierre Bottineau?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

