William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

