William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
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...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

