William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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