William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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