William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown