William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

