William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City