William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

