William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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