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...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

