William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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