William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...

