William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

