William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
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
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

