William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

