William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

