William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Roy Wilkins?
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...

