William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

