William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

