William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

