William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston