William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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...

